Brand Name Justification - Supermicro Superserver 2.pdf

Simplified Acquisition Procedures: Soliciting from a Single Source Single Source Justification for MPT up to SAT

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Justification for Single Source Awards IAW RFO 12.102(a) For

Over Micro-Purchase Threshold but Not Exceeding the Simplified Acquisition Threshold

Acquisition Plan Action ID: 36C249-26-AP-1727

1. Contracting Activity: Department of Veterans Affairs, VISN 09, TVHS Medical Center, Research and Development, at 1310 24th Ave South, Nashville, TN 37212.

2237: 626-26-2-116-0229

2. Brief Description of Supplies/ Services required and the intended use/Estimated Amount:

Specialized graphics processors required to be connected to existing lab machines for Research Merit grant.

SuperServer 322GA-NR – Config 2

- Supermicro IoT SuperServer 322GA-NR - 2U - Up to 14x E1.S NVMe - 2x M.2 -

3200W 2+1 Redundant

- 2 x Intel Xeon 6980P Processor: 128 Cores, 2.0 GHz / 3.9 GHz, 504MB Cache, 6400 MT/s, 500W TDP

- 16 x 64GB PC5-51200 6400MHz DDR5 ECC RDIMM

- 2 x 1.92TB Micron 7450 PRO Series M.2 PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive

(110mm)

- 2 x NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition - 96GB GDDR7 - PCIe 5.0 x16 - Passive Cooling (4xDP) - 600W

- Intel Virtual RAID on CPU (VROC) - Premium Module - RAID 0,1,10,5

- Broadcom NetXtreme 10-Gigabit Ethernet Network Adapter P210TP - PCIe 3.0 x8 - 2x RJ45

- Intel 25-Gigabit Ethernet Network Adapter E810-XXVDA2 - PCIe 4.0 x8 - 2x

SFP28

- Supermicro Server Manager (SSM) (DataCenter Management Package)

- AC Power Cord (North America), C13, NEMA 5-15P, 6 ft.

- Ubuntu Linux 24.04 LTS Server Edition (64-bit)

- 3 Year Advanced Parts Replacement Warranty (Zone 0)

Estimated amount is $80,819.00.

3. Unique characteristics that limit availability to only one source, with the reason no other supplies or services can be used:

The scientific laboratory equipment employs software code that is a global standard in the field and is without alternative. It requires the requested GPU architecture.

There is an older/outdated alternative on the market that is proprietary (sold by

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Illumina), costing more than twice as much and based upon old/abandoned FPGA rather than GPU architecture.

4. Description of market research conducted and results or statement why it was not conducted:

Laboratory scientists who are direct experts in the field with first-hand knowledge of the requirements have selected the requested laboratory equipment for acquisition.

Global scientists have written open-source code for the requested CUDA architecture GPU to process laboratory-generated data from specimens. The code has been tested on the requested equipment and is known to work, markedly out-performing the existing end-of-life laboratory equipment that it replaces.

Forward-looking statements of Illumina reveal that they have abandoned the FPGA platform that they currently sell and will in the future market a GPU-based platform;

lack of current availability, proprietary versions of software requiring annual licenses, and very high costs support purchase of the requested alternative. Since the Illumina GPU equipment is not yet sold and its FPGA is end-of-life, this purchase will require a brand name purchase. It is likely that the future Illumina equipment will employ the same GPU within it, configured instead for their proprietary software.

5. Contracting Officer's Certification: Purchase is approved in accordance with RFO

12.102(a). I certify that the foregoing justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Elizabeth Trimm Contracting Officer https://acquisition.gov/far/current/html/Subpart%2013_1.html#wp1125466